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Now You’re in Dublin: Alicia Keys, O2 Dublin, May 21 2010

Often referred to as the Princess of Soul, Alicia Keys is an R&B/soul singer, songwriter and pianist. Having sold over 26 million copies of her first three albums Songs in A Minor, The Diary Of Alicia Keys, and As I am, Keys released her fourth album titled The Element of Freedom, in December 2009. The [...]

Facebook for Cari Duit

I don’t know why, but some Indonesians are weirdly obsessed with making money (cari duit) online. Can you imagine that someone was actually able to write a whole book on how to make money through Facebook and Twitter? Look at that pile! It’s embarassing.

What was the First Photo that Made you Proud?

This is my first. I took this photo during a school trip to Rome in 1995, when I was 15 years old. I don’t remember where exactly in Rome it was taken. At the high school I attended, Anciet Greek and Latin were compulsory subjects. The trip to Rome was intended to let us students [...]

Scare Sheep and an Overload of Homework

Every blogger should do this every now and then; check which search queries have driven traffic to your site. I’ve just checked the Keywords report in Google Analytics and actually, I’m pretty happy with the results. Of course, I also found some bizarre keywords in there, here’s my Top 5 of 2009 so far:

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The Olympus E-P1: A Short Recap of the Buzz

If you’re into photography, you’ve probably been following the announcement of the Olympus E-P1 with some excitement. I know I have! The E-P1 is not a compact, nor an SLR, it’s a Pen; A small camera with interchangeable lenses. The Olympus E-P1 is a Micro Four Thirds camera that, among other things, features 12.3 megapixels, [...]

Canon Canonet QL17 G-III Light Seals Replacement

The other day I purchased a Canon Canonet QL17 G-III from eBay. The Canonet QL17 is a classic, fixed-lens rangefinder camera from the 1960s-70s and widely regarded as one of the best compact rangefinders out there. However, the seller informed me that the light seals require replacement. He was definitely right, the light seals had [...]

Mobile Blogging on Android with wpToGo

Just discovered a nice little Android application for WordPress: wpToGo. Handy for blogging on the go, yet very simple to use. It supports images, tags, and categories, you can save and load drafts, and you can add multiple blogs you author.
This post was written with wpToGo, seems to be working just fine! You can download [...]